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Opioids

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Purdue Pharma to be sentenced in criminal opioids case

  • Apr 21

Judge will approve opioid settlement with Purdue and Sackler family

  • Nov 14, 2025

FDA pushes for ban of potent Kratom derivative 7-OH amid risks

  • Jul 30, 2025

States agree to $7.4 billion opioid settlement

  • Jun 16, 2025

1st overdose death of drug 'carfentanil' reported in Santa Clara Co.

  • May 1, 2025

Social worker staffing crisis continues 1 year after infant overdose

  • Jan 14, 2025

CVS filled 'excessive quantities of opioids,' 'trinity cocktails': DOJ

  • Dec 19, 2024

Use of opioid overdose antidote by laypersons soars, study finds

  • Oct 15, 2024

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San Francisco records 1st overdose death caused by new deadly opioid cychlorphine

  • Apr 25
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1st overdose death of drug '100 times more potent than fentanyl' reported in Santa Clara Co.

  • May 1, 2025
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Santa Clara Co. social workers call out staffing crisis 1 year after infant fentanyl death

  • Jan 14, 2025
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Former SJ police union director pleads guilty to opioid smuggling

  • Oct 8, 2024
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SF's 'Cash not Drugs' legislation wants to gift people $100 a week to stay sober

  • Jul 30, 2024
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SF supervisor calls for 'drug tourism' data on users

  • Feb 2, 2024
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SF sheriff deputy has saved lives of dozens with overdose drug Narcan

  • Jan 13, 2024
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How overdose death of 3-month-old is prompting child welfare reform in Santa Clara County

  • Dec 20, 2023

Latest Stories

Former SJ police union director who was fired after opioid smuggling arrest pleads guilty

Joanne Segovia, the 20-year veteran of the SJPOA was charged in March of 2023 after a homeland security investigation revealed her role in a scheme to distribute drugs.

  • Oct 8, 2024

SF's 'Cash not Drugs' legislation wants to gift people $100 a week to stay sober

San Francisco city officials are announcing legislation that would pay people up to $100 a week if they can prove they are not doing drugs. Could it work?

  • Jul 30, 2024

Supreme Court rejects multibillion-dollar opioid settlement that shielded Sackler family

The case dealt with the fate of a company and its leaders who produced and promoted a highly addictive drug, OxyContin, in the early days of an opioid crisis that has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans and shattered many more.

  • Jun 27, 2024
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Jamie Lee Curtis marks 25 years of being 'clean and sober'

The Oscar winner marked the milestone by posting a photo of herself on Instagram holding a small chip engraved with the words "JLC Twenty Five."

  • Feb 7, 2024

Ad giant Publicis Health agrees to $350M settlement over claims it helped fuel opioid crisis

A unit of French advertising giant Publicis Groupe SA agreed Thursday to pay $350 million to settle claims it helped OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma fuel the opioid epidemic in the United States.

  • Feb 2, 2024